microhematocrit

microhematocrit
mi·cro·he·mat·o·crit or chiefly Brit mi·cro·hae·mat·o·crit -hi-'mat-ə-.krit n
1) a procedure for determining the ratio of the volume of packed red blood cells to the volume of whole blood by centrifuging a minute quantity of blood in a capillary tube coated with heparin
2) a hematocrit value obtained by microhematocrit <a \microhematocrit of 37 percent>

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mi·cro·he·mat·o·crit (mi″kro-he-matґə-krit) a hematocrit determination done on an extremely small quantity of blood, by use of a capillary tube and a high speed centrifuge.

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